U.S. Security and the Multilateral Development Banks

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The "super committee's" apparent failure to cut a deal to trim $1.2 trillion in federal spending over the next decade is set to trigger blanket budget cuts, including $500 billion from the Pentagon's budget. In the face of looming cutbacks, maintaining cost-effective investments in the multilateral development banks (MDBs) -- World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development -- is critical.

The groundbreaking 2011 World Bank report on Conflict, Security & Development outlines the critical role that the MDBs can and will play in helping citizens rebuild economies and institutions, and forge confidence and cohesion out of crisis. Given their mandate and expertise, the MDBs are uniquely positioned to nurture stability in fragile and conflict-torn states, and confront poverty and deprivation around the world.

India now matters to U.S. interests in virtually every dimension. This Independent Task Force report assesses the current situation in India and the U.S.-India relationship, and suggests a new model for partnership with a rising India.

Rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries are increasing faster than in wealthier countries. The report outlines a plan for collective action on this growing epidemic.